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Aug. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

Quote: Millennials on bike lanes

“The number one thing they want is bike lanes. Ten years ago we never would have thought that walkability or…
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Jul. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Bula on BC Transport: “How Vancouver’s traffic nightmares hurt all of B.C.”

Frances Bula examines the transportation issue with a province-wide perspective in B.C. Business: How Vancouver’s traffic nightmares hurt all of…
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Jul. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Barcelona 17 – The Diagonal (1)

One of Barcelona’s most prominent avenues is called Avinguda Diagonal – The Diagonal – an 11-kilometre slice across the grid of blocks that make…
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Jul. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

HUB Cycling Business Survey

Take part in a 10-minute survey to help guide HUB’s work to develop and improve services to support the integration of…
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Jul. 22, 2014 / Gordon Price

Metro Info Gogo

From Metro Vancouver:  An enhanced planning and economy data webpage. . More accessible information about the region: monthly and annual…
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Jul. 22, 2014 / Gordon Price

Conference: Arts after Mega-Events – Aug 13-16

A research conference and public outreach event being co-organized by Simon Fraser University’s Department of English, the University of British…
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Jul. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

News Clip: Stranded Assets

SFU prof Anthony Perl has an op-ed in The Sun: Managing the risks of investing in coal exports The future…
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May. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Reading List: Good stuff from the Gray Lady

While blogging is light, here are three pieces pretty much guaranteed to provoke a discussion: . Roger Cohen: Capitalism Eating…
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May. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Mr. Rennie’s Support

I got very excited when I saw this headline in Business in Vancouver: Bob Rennie supports city’s CAC system, opposes…
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May. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

Cross-border gas-tax leakage = Not much x Not much

So argues Yoram Bauman at Sightline: How much of the reduction in petroleum consumption in British Columbia (see graph below) is caused…
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May. 19, 2014 / Gordon Price

“The most expensive housing market in North America is not where you’d think”

It’s not New York City or Orange County, California, but Vancouver, British Columbia. . James Suroweicki in The New Yorker…
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May. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Grist for the Comment Mill

While I’m at the B.C. Land Summit, here are a couple of items that came in this morning, dealing with…
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May. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Magazine promotion in 1912: White Rock Lots

From Tom Durning: “An excellent lesson in the meaning of inflation. ” . . And an excellent lesson of the impact of…
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May. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Consumer Necropolis: Dead Malls from all over

From BuzzFeed: Completely Surreal Photos Of America’s Abandoned Malls Dead malls are popping up all over the states, particularly in the…

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